Columbu Surname

727,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 399 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Italy

Columbu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Columbu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy3521:173,74126,177
Romania301:669,26246,959
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
France11:66,422,722504,397
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Columbu (10) may also be a first name.

Columbu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Columbu Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Columbu is found in Italy more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Columbu? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 727,600th most numerous surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 18,264,526 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Columbu live; 89 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 88 percent live in Italic Europe. Columbu is also the 3,684,242nd most widely held first name world-wide It is held by 10 people.

The surname is most numerous in Italy, where it is borne by 352 people, or 1 in 173,741. In Italy Columbu is mostly found in: Sardinia, where 92 percent are found, Lazio, where 4 percent are found and Lombardy, where 1 percent are found. Besides Italy this last name is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in Romania, where 8 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.

Columbu Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Columbu has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 700 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Columbu Last Name Statistics demography

Columbu earn less than half the average income. In Italy they earn 58.84% less than the national average, earning €12,359 per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Columbu
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